UTMB-Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Graduate Program

Required and Offered Courses » Pathogenic Bacteriology

Summer 2009 Class Schedule
Course Director:
Tonyia Eaves-Pyles | Ext. 29429 | Rm. 3.142D MRB
Date: May-04 to August-7 | Time: 8:30 - 9:30 am
Room: MRB 4.145 (Mon, Wed, & Fri)
Textbook Required: Recommended Bacterial Pathogenesis, A Molecular Approach, 2nd Edition. A.A. Salyers and D.D. Whitt, ASM Press, Washington D.C, 2002.
Highly Recommended (Support): Principles of Bacterial Pathogenesis, E.A. Groisman, Ed., Academic Press, 2001.
Course Number: MICR 6315
Mid-term Exam: Wednesday, June 17, in room MRB 4.145; 9:00am - 2:00pm (During the exam period, you are not allowed to go out of the room, therefore bring your lunch and soft-drink)
Final Exam: Friday, August 7th. Location: Basic Science Auditorium 2.212. 9:00am-2:00pm (During the exam period, you are not allowed to go out of the room, therefore bring your lunch and soft-drink)
WebCT
Helpful Web Resources:
American Society for Microbiology
ASM Microbe library
Pathogenic Bacteriology Useful Course Online
http://users.stlcc.edu/kkiser/PB1class.html
CDC "Bad Bug Book"
Database
Format: 3 one-hour lectures per week, seven Journal Clubs spread throughout the semester, and one grant writing session to be held during the month of June.

Wk	Date/Day	Time	Topic	Instructor
1	05-04 (M)	8:30-9:30	Basic principles	Peterson
	05-06 (W)	8:30-9:30	Gene Expression and Regulation of virulence genes	Torres
	05-08 (F)	8:30-9:30	Listeria monocytogenes	Eaves-Pyles
2	05-11 (M)	8:30-9:30	Antimicrobial compounds	Chauhan
	05-13 (W)	8:30-9:30	LPS and Host responses	Sherwood
	05-15 (F)	8:30-9:30	Molecular Approaches to diagnosis and Characterization of Bacterial Infections	Olano
3	05-18 (M)	8:30-9:30	Bacterial exotoxins	Torres
	05-20 (W)	8:30-9:30	NO CLASS	NO CLASS
	05-22 (F)	8:30-9:30	Streptococci & Enterococci (Grant Writing)	Niesel
4	05-27 (W)	8:30-9:30	Staphylococcus species	Houston
4	05-29 (F)	8:30-9:30	Genetic Resistance to antimicrobials	Chan
5	06-01 (M)	8:30-9:30	Journal Club	Chan
	06-03 (W)	8:30-9:30	Experimental Approaches for the Study of Bacterial Diseases	Valbuena
	06-05 (F)	8:30-9:30	V. cholerae	Peterson
6	06-08 (M)	8:30-9:30	B. pertussis	Chopra
	06-10 (W)	8:30-9:30	Y. pestis	Motin
	06-12 (F)	8:30-9:30	Bacterial Strategies for encoding the Defense System	Chopra
7	06-17 (W)	9:00-2:00	Mid-Term Exam	Mid-Term Exam
7	06-19 (F)	8:30-9:30	HOLIDAY	HOLIDAY
8	06-22 (M)	8:30-9:30	Grant Review	Niesel
	06-24 (W)	8:30-9:30	Escherichia coli Extra-intestinal Infections	Torres
	06-26 (F)	8:30-9:30	Written Assignment	Chopra
9	06-29 (M)	8:30-9:30	Mycoplasma/Chlamydia	Olano
9	07-01 (W)	9-2	Journal Club	Houston
10	07-06 (M)	8:30-9:30	H. pylori	Reyes
	07-08 (W)	8:30-9:30	C. difficile & Pseudomembranous colitis	Motin
	07-10 (F)	8:30-9:30	Journal Club	Motin
11	07-13 (M)	8:30-9:30	Shigella	Niesel
	07-15 (W)	8:30-9:30	Diarrheagenic E. coli	Torres
	07-17 (F)	8:30-9:30	Journal Club	Torres
12	07-20 (M)	8:30-9:30	Burkholderia	Whitlock
	07-22 (W)	8:30-9:30	Protein secretion from bacteria	Eaves-Pyles
	07-24 (F)	8:30-9:30	Mycobacterium	Olano
13	07-27 (M)	8:30-9:30	Pseudomonas	Motin
	07-29 (W)	8:30-9:30	B. anthracis	Peterson
	07-31 (F)	8:30-9:30	Vaccination	Pyles
14	08-01 (M)	8:30-9:30	Journal Club	Pyles
	08-05 (W)	8:30-9:30	Salmonella	Eaves-Pyles
	08-07 (F)	8:30-9:30	Francisella tularensis	Eaves-Pyles
15	08-14 (F)	9:00-2:00	Mid-Term Exam	Mid-Term Exam

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